Hello,

In August 2008, I became a resident alien for tax purposes, which I guess makes me a dual-status alien. I have received a 1042-S form (income code 19, $0 withheld), but when doing my taxes with Turbotax, I was not able to find a place to provide the information given in the form. I have read online that a deluxe version of Turbotax actually advises to ignore the 1042-S form: "Form 1042-S, Foreign Person's US Source Income Subject to Withholding, is not included in TurboTax and it does not need to be filed with your income tax return." Is this true?

I have read on the IRS page that dual-status aliens have to follow different filing procedures for the resident and non-resident status, but I am not good with taxes, and I am not sure I will be able to file my taxes correctly unless I find a software that helps me.

I have also read that the easiest way to "solve" this is to ask payroll office to issue a 1099 MISC form, but again, I don't know whether this is true. I was wondering if you could give me some advice as to what the best course of action is.

Thank you.

Hi,

I am facing similar problems. Could you tell me what did you do.

Thanks
Manish